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October 4th, 3008
The regular season has drawn to a close for the 3008 season of the DCL. As expected, Memphis was the first to clinch, winning the CL East comfortably. Houston came on strong at the end to edge Philadelphia for the CL Northeast crown and a slumping Hartford managed to hang on to win the CL Southeast over a surging Oklahoma City team which secured the CL Wildcard spot.
Bondje gained on Jesus Christ's Batting Average over the last month, at one point getting within 2 points of the Memphis LF, but Christ turned on the jets when it counted to pull back to a comfortable lead and win the CL Triple Crown with a .489/100/242 season, pretty much locking up the MVP title as well. Jesus had a shot at becoming the first member of the 100 HRs / 100 Steals club, but fell 10 stolen bases shy of the mark. He is the first deity to post two 90/90 seasons, however.
In the United League, Pittsburgh was first to clinch, locking up the UL Northwest over Columbus. New Orleans won the UL Southwest a few days later. The UL West came down the wire however, as Seattle and Stockton had to play a one-game playoff series after the season. The winner would be crowned champion of the UL West, the loser got a nice consolation prize in the form of the UL Wildcard.
Seattle scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th to knot the game at 8-8, but an RBI double by Hunab Ku in the bottom of the 9th gives the UL West crown to Stockton.
Norse Father God Odin did come the closest to winning the UL Triple Crown, finishing 1st in Average (.515), 3rd in HRs (97) and 2nd in RBI (218). The MVP voting will most likely come down to Odin or Hunab Ku (.487/100/212). Odin won the award in 3004, the inaugural season of the DCL, and would become the first deity to win the award twice.
The playoff matchups are as follows:
Memphis (Christ) vs. Hartford (Bondje) - Hartford is heavily favored to win this series as their highest payroll in the league has earned them both a great pitching staff and a great line-up. Memphis has gone quite far on heart but their pitching staff will most likely be too weak to win this series.
Houston (A Thetan) vs. Oklahoma City (Apsu) - Houston is slightly favored to win this series as their pitching staff is slightly stronger than Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City was bumped from the playoffs in the first round last year while Houston made it to the World Series in 3006.
Seattle (Guatama) vs. New Orleans (Nahak) - This should be a fantastic series as both teams have excellent pitching staffs and more than capable line-ups. The betting lines have swayed back and forth and have settled slightly on New Orleans. The X-Factor is Seattle's Siddhartha Guatama who is making his first career playoff appearance now that he has been traded out of Chicago. Will he buckle under the pressure or grow stronger from the journey?
Stockton (Hunab Ku) vs. Pittsburgh (Ometeotl) - Hunab Ku's first trip to the playoffs is projected to be a short one, as gamblers have been heavily favoring Pittsburgh in this series. Pittsburgh's pitching staff and line-up is quite good, while Stockton has gotten this far pretty much on HRs alone.
Monthly Highlights
9/4/3008 - Quiet deity Jupiter clubs 3 HRs in Cincinnati's 10-7 win in El Paso, scoring 4 runs and driving in 7.
9/6/3008 - Atlanta catcher Viracocha (.684 / 4 HR / 13 RBI / 1.789 SLG) and Celtic deity Anu (.650 / 4 HR / 11 RBI / 1.700 SLG) win Player of the Week Awards.
9/13/3008 - In a slow news week, Incan God Viracocha (.591 / 6 HR / 13 RBI) wins his 2nd straight Player of the Week Award in the CL while Columbus SS Vishnu (.667 / 4 HR / 18 RBI) pulls down the PotW in the UL.
9/16/3008 - Memphis wins the CL East crown.
9/17/3008 - Stockton 3B Hunab Ku hits a single, 2 doubles and 2 HRs in 6 trips to the plate in an 18-12 shootout win over Greensboro. HuKu scored 4 runs and drove in 3.
9/19/3008 - Scientology icon A Thetan goes 5 for 5 from the plate with 2 doubles, a triple and 2 HRs in Houston's 13-8 win over Oklahoma City. Thetan scored twice and collected 4 RBI.
9/19/3008 - Having slumped as of recent, Memphis LF Jesus Christ surges forward, increasing his lead in the CL Batting Average race with a 5 for 6 day in Norfolk. Christ singled, doubled twice and homered twice, scoring 4 runs and driving in 8 as Memphis smacks Norfolk around, 18-7.
9/20/3008 - Christianity icon Jesus Christ (.636 / 4 HR / 11 RBI / 1.500 SLG) and Mayan God Hunab Ku (.650 / 5 HR / 10 RBI) win Player of the Week Awards.
9/20/3008 - Seattle RF Siddhartha Guatama hits 3 HRs and drives in 6 runs in Seattle's 13-4 win over Buffalo.
9/21/3008 - Pittsburgh wins the UL Northwest crown.
9/24/3008 - New Orleans wins the UL Southwest crown.
9/27/3008 - Philadelphia RF Tekkeitsertok (.500 / 10 RBI / .571 OBP) and Gadsden 2B Odin (.696 / 7 HR / 15 RBI) win Player of the Week Awards.
9/27/3008 - Hartford wins the CL Southeast crown.
9/28/3008 - Houston wins the CL Northeast crown.
10/1/3008 - El Paso LF A Thetan (.531 / 16 HR / 40 RBI) and Norse Father God Odin (.528 / 20 HR / 40 RBI) win Batter of the Month Awards.
10/3/3008 - Stockton wins the UL West crown.
10/4/3008 - El Paso's A Thetan (.611 / 6 HR / 14 RBI) and Pittsburgh's Ometeotl (.563 / 10 RBI / .611 OBP) head into the playoffs with some momentum as they win the last of 3008's Player of the Week Awards.
CL Deity BA Leader: Jesus Christ .489 (+.012 over Bondje)
CL Deity HR Leader: Jesus Christ 100 (+13 over A Thetan)
CL Deity RBI Leader: Jesus Christ 242 (+25 over A Thetan)
CL Deity SB Leader: Satan/Khonvoum 92 (+2 over Jesus Christ)
UL Deity BA Leader: Odin .515 (+.016 over Guru Nahak)
UL Deity HR Leader: Hunab Ku 100 (+2 over Guru Nahak)
UL Deity RBI Leader: Vishnu 231 (+13 over Odin)
UL Deity SB Leader: Siddhartha Guatama 98 (+11 over Hunab Ku / Zeus)
Deity Career HR Leaderboard
1.) Vishnu 458
2.) Odin 447
3.) Hunab Ku 446
4.) Jesus Christ 439
5.) Guru Nahak 434
6.) uKqili 431
6.) Ometeotl 431
8.) Altjira 428
9.) Ra 420
10.) Siddhartha Guatama 415
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